Anna Faris Spills on How Childbirth Affected Her Vagina

In a recent interview with Olivia Munn for her podcast, Anna Faris Is Unqualified, actress Anna Faris discussed an effect of childbirth that we don't always talk about.

After Munn straight-up asked her how labor affected her vagina, she sarcastically answered, "Mine just got tighter and hotter." Then, Munn said she heard it looks like "everything's been 'blown out'" post-baby, which Faris didn't dispute.

Faris also said childbirth helped her discover pelvic floor. “People talk about the idea of a pelvic floor and you really have no idea what they’re talking about, until you feel it,” she said. “It’s the muscles that surround your vagina...they throb for, like, weeks.”

However, Faris added, things do eventually go back to normal—it just took about six weeks for her.

How does this compare with the typical recovery period? According to women's health expert Jennifer Wider, M.D., six weeks is a good benchmark because that's when doctors usually give the green light to resume sex. But, she says, it depends on the woman and the situation. What's almost certain, though, is that things will get back to normal eventually.

"It definitely varies based on a number of factors including genetics, number of births that you've had, size of the baby, whether you've done your pelvic floor exercises (i.e., Kegels), and type of delivery," she said. "But our bodies, namely our vaginas, are designed to give birth—the tissue is elastic and will go back to normal or close to normal in most women."

So, don't stress about the possibility of "blown out" ladybits after childbirth—it will pass.